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Rule 28. Suits in Assumed Name

TEXT

A partnership or other unincorporated associa­tion, or an individual doing business under an assumed name, may sue or be sued in the partnership, assumed or common name for the purpose of enforcing for or against it a substantive right.

Source: Part of Federal Rule 17 (b).

Change: Addition of “an individual doing business under an assumed name,” and partnership or common name.

Oct. 29, 1940, eff. Sept. 1, 1941.

AMENDMENTS

July 21, 1970, eff. Jan. 1, 1971